I'm truly impressed. The fringe has just started and already I'm swept away by the amount of talent and non-talent on display.
My brother was visiting me and out of pure chance we ended up going to see Tim Minchin at the Pleasance with "Ready for this".
I can only recommend his show, as its the funniest combination between music and dark humour imaginable. Indeed it was so funny that I recommended it to Neil Patrick Harris when I met him outside the underbelly. Unfortunately I was quite intoxicated and made a bit of fool of myself, by talking about his iPhone.
Curious as to what this hollywood star was doing in Edinburgh (apart from enjoying the great shows) I did a short search. It turns out that he is directing a show featuring Guy Hollingworth a great storyteller and magician. I went to see the show with a friend and sure enough NPH was there too. The show was refreshingly charming, with subtle humour and a finely tuned atmosphere that Guy would manipulate depending on the part of the story he was telling. The magic tricks helped lighten up the dark story and create suspense when needed.
Storytelling is something of a dying art and it is good to see it being employed so well in combination with card tricks.
I also went to the Gaghole, a venue above the Counting House, where I saw a comedy stand up as part of the free fringe. While the first comedians were mediocre, the last one, a black guy called White was really funny (which is a lame way to describe a comedian). His God is Big Brother impression was hillarious.
I'm looking forward to seeing some more shows, and should I meet Neil Patrick Harris again, I'll ask for a picture with him.
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